In October 2016, about a third of the Internet was taken offline for almost an entire night as Wikileaks was captured and co-opted. Its original members spoke to that effect, but most of their communications were erased.
The MD5 hash on one of their most important dead man’s switch files (which was available for download but the unzipping key had not been released yet) was changed, meaning that the new folder had different contents and clearly the original key wouldn’t ever be released now.
In October 2016, about a third of the Internet was taken offline for almost an entire night as Wikileaks was captured and co-opted. Its original members spoke to that effect, but most of their communications were erased.
The MD5 hash on one of their most important dead man’s switch files (which was available for download but the unzipping key had not been released yet) was changed, meaning that the new folder had different contents and clearly the original key wouldn’t ever be released now.
So yeah, it’s a honeypot and has been for years.
Yup.